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Khotanese language

 
Wikipedia: Khotanese language
Khotanese
Spoken in Kingdom of Khotan (Xinjiang today)
Region Central Asia
Language extinction 10th century A.D.
Language family Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 kho
ISO 639-3 kho

Khotanese is a form of the Saka language once spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan. The language is preserved in the texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, written in a script derived from the Brahmi. These texts have been deciphered and edited by Harold Bailey.


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